Re:America's new favorite pastime: The lottery
by lesuorac on Friday July 29, 2022 @12:36PM
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Thats typically how they get approved.
State argues they'll use it to fund education, people thinks thats a great idea so it has widespread approval. Later the state decides they'll change the rules to allocate the funds in more ways.
Re:America's new favorite pastime: The lottery
by kube-system on Friday July 29, 2022 @12:44PM
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Would you prefer they just raise your tax by a dollar instead?
Re:America's new favorite pastime: The lottery
by smileysteve on Friday July 29, 2022 @12:23PM
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Except it hasn't kept up with rising tuition or many "fees" added since 2008.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOPE_Scholarship
Edit:
> As of 2006, more than $3 billion in scholarships had been awarded to more than 900,000 Georgia students. As of 2018, HOPE has already helped around 1.8 million students from Georgia enroll in college.
One negative externally that would happen anyway (eg. sports betting) turned into a positive one.